Boulenophrys baishanzuensis (Wu, Li, Liu, Wang, and Wu, 2020)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Megophryidae > Subfamily: Megophryinae > Genus: Boulenophrys > Species: Boulenophrys baishanzuensis

Megophrys baishanzuensis Wu, Li, Liu, Wang, and Wu, 2020, ZooKeys, 1005: 84. Holotype: CIBQY 20200726001, by original designation. Type locality: "Baishanzu National Park, Qingyuan County, Zhejiang Province, China (27.76°N, 119.18°E, ca. 1537 m a.s.l.)".  http://zoobank.org/563EBE4E-45FF-4956-AB3B-70467B2D338E

Boulenophrys baishanzuensis — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 679 (by implication); Qi, Lyu, Wang, Mo, Zeng, Zeng, Dai, Li, Grismer, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 5072: 403, new combination.

English Names

Baishanzu Horned Toad (original publication). 

Distribution

Known from the vicinity of the type locality (Baishanzu National Park, Qingyuan County) and Dongshan’ao, Jingning County, Zhejiang Province, China, 1233 to 1600 m elevation). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

Most closely related to Megophrys (now Boulenophrys) kuatunensis, from which it differs in morphology, call, and molecular markers, according to the original publication; the larva was also described. Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 423–424, provided an account and placed this species in their Boulenophrys boettgeri group. Wu, Wu, Chen, Xu, Xie, Tang, Ding, and Ma, 2024, MtDNA, Part B, 9: 209–213, provided a new locality (Dongshan’ao, 27.72598° N, 119.62780° E, altitude: 1233 m, Jingning County, Zhejiang Province, China) and reported on the complete mitochondrial genome. 

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